I love those cotton shoes with rope soles. They are so comfortable. I needed new shoes for a wedding in August and tried on a pair but they weren't dressy enough. They were much more comfortable than the shoes I ultimately bought.

I once spent a very drunken night with my then best friend in London, at one stage we tried to pronounce the word 'espadrilles' with as many variations on the inflection as we could (and a spanish accent).

Espadrilles. esPAdrilles. espaDRILLes. ESpadRILLES. I have never been able to say (or think) the word espadrilles without the memory since.

I love me some espadrilles. ESpadrilles. ESPAdrilles. espaDRILLes. You get the picture.